Saturday, January 5, 2013

Last week, President Barack Obama said
that under his fiscal cliff deal “more than 98% of Americans and 97% of
small businesses will not see their income taxes go up.”

But according to new figures from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, that’s not so—by a long shot.
In fact, the income taxes of 70% of Americans will rise. Middle-class
workers making between $30,000 and $200,000 will pay up to $1,784 more,
a larger percentage increase than for those earning between $200,000
and $500,000.

Tax Policy Center co-director William G. Gale explains:

Under the agreement, taxes will go up in 2013
relative to 2012 - not only on high-income households, as widely discussed, but
also on every working man and woman in the country, via the end of the payroll
tax cut. For most households, the payroll tax takes a far bigger bite than the
income tax does.

Throughout the 2008 and 2012
presidential campaigns, Mr. Obama promised to cut taxes for middle
class voters. But the Tax Policy Center says the average American’s tax
bill, regardless of income, will climb $1,257.

The President says he has more tax hikes in store beyond the fiscal
cliff bill’s rate raises. Just prior to the passage of the fiscal cliff
bill, Mr. Obama promised
he would raise taxes on upper income earners again at a later date:
“The deal we are about to strike will raise taxes on the rich. But, the
fiscal imbalances we face remain unsatisfactorily large. So, I will ask
for more tax increases on the rich later.”

According to Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), Obama’s fiscal cliff rate hike on the rich will cover just eight days of federal spending.

With all of the attention concerning gun control legislation, now is a good time to consider some of the following points:

1. What good is an AR-15 if you are not willing to use it to defend the second amendment as your duty requires?

If you are willing to turn in your AR-15 (or any other firearm that
may be outlawed) to comply with the law, I have to ask why did you buy
it initially? You obviously have no intention of defending the
Constitution, the country or our founding principles. I suggest that you
sell it now to someone who has Sacred honor since the following applies
to you:

“If you love wealth more than
liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest
of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your
arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest
lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our
countrymen.”

– Samuel Adams

2. Why would you register your AR-15 (or any other firearm that may become regulated) to comply with the law?

Assuming that gun control legislation passes and AR-15′s must be registered, why would you comply with an unConstitutional law?

3. What will you do if law enforcement comes to seize an illegal firearm from you?After you stop pounding your chest and
say “I’ll never give up my firearms”, apply some critical thinking
skills. Preparing for this situation will allow you to hide or cache
your supposedly “illegal” weapons beforehand. Is a firefight and
possibly your life worth the confiscation of your firearms? In some
situations, it is better to lose a battle and win the war. Living to
fight tyranny another day is not cowardly or dishonorable.

4. What will you do to defend yourself against tyranny?
This is the crux of the matter and it is not only applicable to gun
control legislation: it is a definition of all law. I recommend everyone
read Bastiat’s “The Law” in its entirety but here is a good start:

What Is Law?

What, then, is law? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.

Each of us has a
natural right — from God — to defend his person, his liberty, and his
property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the
preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the
preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the
extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of
our faculties? If every person has the right to defend even by force —
his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group
of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect
these rights constantly. Thus the principle of collective right — its
reason for existing, its lawfulness — is based on individual right. And
the common force that protects this collective right cannot logically
have any other purpose or any other mission than that for which it acts
as a substitute. Thus, since an individual cannot lawfully use force
against the person, liberty, or property of another individual, then the
common force — for the same reason — cannot lawfully be used to destroy
the person, liberty, or property of individuals or groups.

Such a perversion of
force would be, in both cases, contrary to our premise. Force has been
given to us to defend our own individual rights. Who will dare to say
that force has been given to us to destroy the equal rights of our
brothers? Since no individual acting separately can lawfully use force
to destroy the rights of others, does it not logically follow that the
same principle also applies to the common force that is nothing more
than the organized combination of the individual forces?

If this is true, then
nothing can be more evident than this: The law is the organization of
the natural right of lawful defense. It is the substitution of a common
force for individual forces. And this common force is to do only what
the individual forces have a natural and lawful right to do: to protect
persons, liberties, and properties; to maintain the right of each, and
to cause justice to reign over us all.

If you understand what the law really is, you have
the right (and duty) to fight for your defense, Liberty and property as a
natural right from God. Conversely, let’s look at what the government
is trying to do. Existing and new firearm legislation is meant to
minimize your ability to defend yourself from the government.
Once you are defenseless, history has shown that Liberty is replaced by
oppression (at a minimum) and personal property is confiscated. After
all the indeterminate “fair share” means the confiscation of the fruits
of your labor without qualification.

Our government in Washington passes legislation that does not protect us from criminals but makes us criminals.
It is illegal to buy an incandescent light bulb according to federal
law but Congress (which originated this law) refuses to fund its
enforcement. This allows us to buy incandescent bulbs even though they
are not legal. Is this a test to see how the people will react
to frivolous laws? Toilets must be the proper size, illegal health care
legislation is upheld as a tax and the Senate instead of the House now
originates bills for raising Revenue which violates the Constitution:

Article I, Section. 7.

All Bills for raising Revenue shall
originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or
concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

At some point, we must understand that our federal government is no
longer a representative republic operating under the rule of law. The
rule of man now reigns supreme in Washington and men of good conscience
must decide their fate: Liberty or Tyranny. Gun control legislation may
be the line in the stone which forces us to confront reality. Give up or
register my AR-15? This really means give up my Liberty and probably my
life.

So what is more important: the 2nd amendment or Sacred honor? Both
are important but in the case of gun control legislation, there is no
difference between them.

--David DeGerolamo

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I wholeheartedly agree with Bastiat, one of my heroes. A few more from him:

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that
you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to
reform everything! Why don’t you reform yourselves? That task would be
sufficient enough.”

“See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives
it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits
one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself
cannot do without committing a crime.”

"When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together
in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal
system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it."

A Georgia mother gunned down an intruder who broke into her home as her children hid in a crawlspace.
The 37-year-old woman initially thought the person knocking at her
door was a solicitor. But when the man repeatedly rang the doorbell, she
called her husband. He told her to gather the children and hide while
he called 911.

By that time, the man had already forced his way into the three-story house in the town of Loganville.
Authorities told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
that the man was working his way through the home when he came upon the
closet where the woman and her 9-year-old twins were hiding.

“He opens the closet door and finds himself staring down the barrel
of a .38 revolver,” Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told the AJC.

“She fired all six shots,” the sheriff told television station WAGA.
Five of the bullets hit Paul Ali Slater in the face and neck area.
“The guy’s face down, crying,” the sheriff told the newspaper.

The woman told him to stay down or she’d shoot again.

Slater, who has a long rap sheet, survived. He’s listed in critical condition.

The woman’s husband told WSB-TV that his wife is a hero.

“She protected the kids,” he told television station. “She did what she was supposed to do.”

The sheriff agreed.

“That mother’s instinct kicked in,” Chapman told the newspaper. “You
go after a mother’s kids and she’ll find herself capable of doing things
she never thought she was capable of.”

Residents across North Georgia are praising the unidentified woman’s actions.

“God bless this woman,” one reader wrote on WAGA’s website. “She had
the strength and courage to stand and protect her children and herself.”

“That is what I call gun control,” another reader wrote. “Good job, lady. You are brave.”

Today I’m going to explain why gun-control is not only entirely
reasonable but also certain to be effective. Only the ignorant can deny
this.

First, some orientation. Cement-headed NRA types need to
recognize, and state manfully, that the illegalization of guns is in
fact perfectly practical. History has shown this repeatedly. When the
government outlaws something that huge numbers of people very much
want, the outlawed items immediately disappear from society. This has
been shown countless times.

When Washington outlawed alcohol, booze vanished overnight
and everyone stopped drinking. Can anyone deny this? When Washington
banned the use of cannabis, all of those of us made insane by Reefer
Madness quit smoking dope, and today there is probably not a town in
America in which one might buy a joint. Similarly, Washington made
illegal the downloading of copyrighted music—which also stopped
immediately. No one now has illegal music. Ask your adolescent daughter.

So with guns. They are small, easily smuggled, of high
value to criminals and will be of higher value when only criminals have
them, so it is virtually certain that they will vanish when the
government says so.

Mexico, where I live, has stringent laws against guns, which
have proved at least a partial success. Criminals have AKs, RPGs, and
grenades, while nobody else has anything. That’s a partial success,
isn’t it?

While I am in favor of illegalizing guns and thus ending
crime, I think the principle should be democratically applied. Let us
begin by disarming the Pentagon. If this seems unreasonable, ask
yourself: who kills more children in a month, Ritalin-addled little
boys in America, or the US Air Force in every Moslem country it has
heard of? All I ask is an honest body count. I will accept your
numbers.

"Our sometimes flagrant disregard of the Constitution has
not produced chaos or totalitarianism; on the contrary, it has helped
us to grow and prosper. "

"No one can predict in detail what our
system of government would look like if we freed ourselves from the
shackles of constitutional obligation, and I harbor no illusions that
any of this will happen soon. But even if we can’t kick our
constitutional-law addiction, we can soften the habit. "

"we ought to try extricating ourselves from constitutional bondage so that we can give real freedom a chance."

When a hail of bullets extinguished dozens of lives at an elementary
school last month, the ugly consequences of the nation’s gun culture
shot into the media spotlight. The debate around gun control in the
aftermath of Newtown has yielded confused policy proposals like further militarizing schools, or preemptively tracking mentally ill people.

But a key aspect of the gun-control debate remains hiding in plain
sight. There's a major driver of gun violence in the U.S. that is
neither the bloodlust of the “criminally insane” nor the weakness of
public security forces. Failed gun policy is a manifestation of another,
arguably more expansive, irrational policy regime: the War on Drugs.
While the most spectacular incidents of mass murder spark public panic,
a more relevant, yet typically ignored, source of gun violence lies in
the brutality born of the gun industry’s marriage to drug prohibition
policies.

Tea Party favorite and newly-elected Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took his
oath of office today – and immediately moved to take on President
Obama’s chief legislative accomplishment, Obamacare. Cruz is the first
Hispanic to serve as a Texas Senator.
His first bill, Cruz said, would move to strike “every syllable of
every word” of Obamacare. With the retirement of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)
and the increasing battle between Tea Party conservatives and Republican
Party establishment types, Cruz is set to become a leader early in his
tenure – and grassroots conservatives are already rallying to his cause.

Cruz, 42, is slated to appear on Fox News Sunday. He is a Harvard Law
graduate, the first Hispanic to clerk for a Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court (William Rehnquist), and a former Department of Justice
lawyer. His rise has been so swift that he is already vice-chairman of
the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

A township man has been accused of arranging for New York’s alleged
“cannibal cop” to kidnap a woman, stuff her into a suitcase and deliver
her to the Hamilton resident so he could rape and kill her.

Michael Vanhise, 23, was arrested yesterday by FBI agents, who said
he negotiated the woman’s abduction in a series of e-mails with Gilberto
Valle, 28, a New York City police officer who was arrested in October
on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

“Michael Vanhise engaged in conduct that reads like a script for a
bad horror film, but fortunately, neither he nor his co-conspirators
were able to act out the twisted conspiracies described in the complaint
in real-life,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said. “His arrest
... is the second in this bone-chilling case, but we are not finished.”

Valle was accused of plotting to kidnap, torture, “slow cook” and eat
women he tracked down, partly through alleged illegal use of law
enforcement databases.

After President Obama wrapped her in a well-publicized embrace, Donna
Vanzant became the face of a promise of “immediate” assistance from the
federal government in the days after superstorm Sandy devastated the
East Coast.

“You promise something, you keep it. And that was a broken promise."

- Donna Vanzant

But as Vanzant battled with her insurance company for the funds to
rebuild her Jersey Shore marina, she had another brush with the
commander-in-chief that left her feeling less confident in Washington's
efforts. After sending an email to the White House asking for the
federal government to make good on its promise to help, Vanzant received
a form letter that never answered her questions.
“It had nothing to do with what I was asking him. It was a form
letter. It thanked me for supporting the troops,” Vanzant said in an
interview The Philly Post
blog on Friday. “He made a promise to rebuild on national television,
and I can’t even get this money. It’s heartbreaking, really.”

Criticism of The Journal News, which published a gun permit database
last month, broadened Friday with Rockland law enforcement officials
saying the map listing the names and addresses of those with gun permits
is endangering lives.

Inmates at the Rockland County jail
are taunting corrections officers by saying they know the guards' home
addresses -- information they got from the list published by
Westchester-based newspaper, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said.

"Since about 9:30 this morning, I've
been in a meeting with my corrections officers and their unions. They
have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live.
That's not acceptable to me," Falco said at a news conference Friday
morning in New City, where local leaders condemned the list.

Falco, along with other supporting
police chiefs and county legislators, wants the paper to remove the
information from its website.

"It's hurting law enforcement as a
whole and it's directly affecting our ability to do our jobs," Falco
said. "And then when we leave our jobs, we're going to have to defend
our jobs and that's going to make for a very serious incident that's
going to happen someplace in this county."

The ‘SS Byron T. Benson' burns after it was attacked by U-552, commanded
by Erich Topp. It sank off Cape Hatteras on April 7, 1942.

The coast of North Carolina was as much a battleground during
World War II as any other region on earth. Seventy Allied ships of all
types went down because of U-Boat attacks off the coasts of North and
South Carolina beginning in 1941. The operations off North Carolina were
as dangerous to the Germans as they were to the Americans, according to
several submarine commanders interviewed over the years. Examples are
below.

Peter Erich Cremer
commanded U-333, earning the Knight's Cross. He personally considered
the waters off the North Carolina Coast the most dangerous to work in.
“The target rich environment was alluring, yet the very shallow waters,
tidal variances and strong currents also created a danger for the
U-Boats.”

One of Cremer's
kills was the unescorted British freighter Clan Skene, which was hit by
two torpedoes at 09:05 a.m. May 10, 1942, and sank 300 miles southeast
of Cape Hatteras. The U-Boat had already been badly damaged by depth
charges three days earlier and was limping back to France. Cremer wrote
in his report: “… that the sinking of this ship was like .. a balm after
these terrible depth charges.”

According
to Cremer: “The shallow waters and strong current made escape
difficult. Every victory was an invitation to be sunk right afterward.”
Nine crew members from the Clan Skene were lost. The ship's captain and
72 survivors were picked up by USS McKean (APD 5) and taken at San Juan,
Puerto Rico.

Oak Leaves
recipient Georg Lassen of U-160 sank the City of New York off of
Hatteras at 7:36 p.m. March 29, 1942, attacking in 20-foot seas, with
great loss of life in foul weather. When interviewed, he stated: “I
could not believe how many ships were around. We never had enough
torpedoes.”

Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry has decided not to buy weapons for
his department from a company that won’t sell self-loading and
semi-automatic weapons to the public — a move that has been met with
significant support, he said Friday.

Recently, Berry sent an e-mail to Dana Safety Supply in Sugar Hill
telling the company that because he understood it had stopped selling
self-loading rifles to the general public, he would no longer seek bids
or purchase items from the business.

Emails of support have poured in to his office, according to the
sheriff. “I’m well over 400 (emails). I can’t even answer them, and the
phone calls from across the country,” Berry said Friday.
The sheriff’s office has purchased guns from Dana Supply in the past, he said.

“They made a decision not to sell semi-automatic rifles to
law-abiding citizens, so I made a decision that we wouldn’t ever buy
anything from Dana Safety Supply,” he said.

Dana “won’t go broke because I don’t spend any money there,” Berry
added. “I won’t have any impact on their firearm sales. That’s not the
point. The point is there is an overreaction to a national event and
there’s no good reason for law-abiding citizens not to be able to buy or
possess a semi-automatic rifle.”

Last month, 27 people, including 20 children in an elementary school, were gunned down in Newtown, Conn. by a lone gunman.

A company representative could not be reached Friday, but the
Associated Press quoted a representative saying that “Dana Safety
remains dedicated to selling firearms responsibly.”
Berry said he hasn’t seen much of a backlash from his decision. “I’ve gotten two negative emails out of the 400,” he said.

Besides emails to the sheriff, some websites that oppose gun control have signaled their support.
“Kudos to Sheriff Berry for standing up for the civilian right to bear arms,” read one comment on the Guns Save Lives website.

The following Oath at the end of this letter is taken by every US Army
Service member upon entering the United States Army. Notice it says
“defend the Constitution of the United States”. It doesn’t require
defense of anything except the Constitution. Since I am no longer
active duty I have no Officers appointed over me and will make my own
decisions on what is, or is not a Constitutional or lawful order and
have placed a modified Oath with my name.

I actually read the
Constitution, have studied the writings and documents of the Founders of
America, and have a very good understanding of its content as it
pertains to the restraints it places on Government. America is a
Constitutional Republic, not a democracy, and continued assaults against
the document intended to restrain Government will be met with the same
contempt and derision that our forefathers demonstrated against the King
of England. Our elected officials in Washington are losing the consent
of the Governed and are so detached from the reality of life in America
that they don’t even know this truth; or maybe they do and don’t care.
It is time they became aware that millions of Americans are not simply
going to sit back and watch as the Ruling Elite in Washington determine
our fate and perhaps the fate of the world with their bungling examples
of over spending and over regulation against the free men and women of
America.

The Obama victory has emboldened those on the left with the
belief that their views have finally prevailed and America is ready to
roll over. I know many of you read the letter to Senator Feinstein from
the Marine and that sentiment is prevalent throughout most of the 50
States. I'm not sure how many the number is exactly who actually
understand what Molon Labe really means and how many will actually
practice what they preach but I and many friends will not submit. Though
freedom may be restricted they can never take our spirit or our will,
and those who built this Nation expected that spirit to remain true. I
recently read an article asking if there is a Warrior Class that has
grown up in America centered on military service and I would say no...it
was always there...

A hero is nothing more than a man or woman who had
to make a tough choice in a tough situation. The hardest thing to do is
move, and once that barrier has been crossed instinct kicks in. I
believe that America is full of Heros and warriors and if the need comes
they will step forward. The enemies of freedom are making themselves
known to all who are willing to see. Who will the defenders of freedom
be? My name signifies I will be one…MJ

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear
(or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will
bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the
orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the
officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform
Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

My slightly modified version as a citizen of the United States of America

I,
Michael A Johnston, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support
and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
same; So help me God.

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Core Creek Militia

==============================My sixth great grandfather, his wife, and five of his six children were killed in battle with the Tuscarora Indians at Core Creek, NC.

The Seven Blackbirds

==============================My third great grandfather was an Ensign in the Revolutionary War, and saved his unit's flag after being wounded at the Battle of Brandywine. He was also at Kingston (Kinston), Wilmington, Charleston, Two Sisters and Augusta. He was at the defeat at Brier Creek and also Bee Creek.

Requiem Aeternam -
Eternal Rest Grant unto Them
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My second great grandfather was killed in action on May 3, 1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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My great grandfather and great uncle knew all the men in the "Civil War Requiem" video as they were part of the 53rd NC which was the sole unit defending Fort Mahone. (Fort Mahone was named "Fort Damnation" by the Yankees) *Handpicked men of the 53rd (My great grandfather was one of these) made the final, night assault at Petersburg in an attempt to break Grant's line. This was against Fort Stedman which was a few miles to the slight northeast. They initially succeeded, but reinforcements drove them back. This video is made from photographs which were taken the day after the 53rd evacuated the lines the night before to begin the retreat to Appomattox. I have many more pictures taken by the same photographer, one of these shows a 14 year old boy and the other is the famous picture of the blond, handsome soldier with his musket.
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*General Gordon promised the men a gold medal and 30 days leave if they accomplished their task and many years after the War my great grandfather wrote General Gordon, who was then governor of Georgia about this incident. They exchanged several letters which I have framed. See first link below.
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*The Attack On Fort Stedman
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"His Colored Friends"
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Lee's Surrender
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My Black NC Kinfolks
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Punished For Being Caught!

Great Grandfather Koonce

He was a drummer boy in the WBTS, survived the War only to die a few years later. He was caught in an ice storm on his way home, but instead of seeking shelter, continued on his horse until the end. His clothes had to be cut off and he died a few days later.

Thank you

I would just like you to know how so very glad I am that I found your blog. I have learned more history from you and the many links that you post than I have from reading all my history books. I can never thank you enough for the education you are freely giving me. It is priceless. And eye opening.

Many times I will not comment, but that does not mean I am not reading and learning.

You sir, are an educator. Thank you.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

Good morning Mr. Townsend,

Just to let you know I have finally finished that massive tome on General Lee. I never knew 1/10th of what a great man he was. No wonder the South is so proud of him! So sad that we have few men of his caliber today. We need them desperately. I have learned more history through you and your blog than I thought I could ever learn. I am very grateful to you. Thank you so much for taking time to answer my e-mail. And thank you for your blog and for opening my eyes.

PhyllisWantage, NJ

".......So good to hear from you! And also so pleased you are converting more of us Yankees! You have no idea how many people you have taught. And how many are so grateful to you for showing us the truth."

Your faithful friend,

Phylis

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I have also learned from Brock Townsend and two nurses lately, that appreciation expressed by someone for whom you have great respect overwhelms the lack of appreciation by some from whom you expect it. I believe that we cannot really know which small bit of help makes the life-saving difference. ﻿I may have learned more real American history on Brock's blog than in 20 years of government schooling.

I have learned more history from you than all the years I was supposed to be in school (and not out hunting or fishing).

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I really must say, I like thousands of others have said, your blog is the best out there and with all of your history and experience, you should run for *president. I look forward to reading your blog every day and every day I learn from you. Thank you for the time you put into this effort .

Sincerely,

Scott Fitts

*It would have to be an improvement. :) BT

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Hi Brock,

Ever since I picked up on your blog I "Knew" you were a "Gentleman of the South!" You lack the "Crassness" that is so prevalent in today's Sociopolitical arena but speak with the Firmness in Truth and Conviction of Right like the words of our Late Great President Jefferson Davis! That is Honorable.

I have been thinking about this for a while now. At first it was a very subtle notice, then it became larger as I saw more. Then it bloomed to me to be what it is. In your writings, in your Blog, Brock, "You" have written, posted and done more to eradicate the "Revisionist History" forced on us by the "Northern Aggressors,"BAR NONE!!!" The "Stars and Bars" fly High and Proud today even more thanks to your efforts!

Reading your post on 03 JUNE about the birthday of President Jefferson Davis and the "quotes" of his was the galvanizing statement! The first words of "His" you posted say so much, are timeless and can never be "Destroyed!" by any man! .......and those words were........

"Truth crushed to the earth is still truth still and like a seed will rise again."--Jefferson Davis (1808-1889)

In so many ways you and your efforts to keep and carry on the "Truth of the South" are the water and light of the Sun that nourish "That Seed" that Jefferson Davis speaks of! That "Seed" of "Southern Truth!" That cannot be vanquished because of efforts like Men as yourself!

Thanks for your selfless effort,

The "Stars and Bars" FLY!

Got gunz....OUTLAW?

III%,

skybill-out

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Dear Mr. Townsend,

I wanted to write to thank you for the pleasure and education I have received from reading your blog "Free North Carolina". I can honestly say that FNC is one of the first sites I visit daily.

I am a northerner by birth yet I consider the vilification of all things "South" a true and tragic disgrace. Your work has enabled me to become more familiar with a culture that I admire, yet have never really been familiar with.

Keep up the outstanding work!

A friend north of the Mason-Dixon Line,

Bob

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My good sir,

I have been reading your blog for years, filling-in the woeful gaps in my knowledge thanks to your efforts, and have been truly impressed with not merely the depth and breadth of the topics you broach, but the frank and honest way you deal with them.

I salute you.

You cannot imagine my immense delight at just reading the "Witting, intentionally, and willfully..." posted on your site, that you linked to Theo Spark's blog.

I'm the guy that wrote it and sent it to Theo a few days ago.

On both our behalves, thank you for posting it on your fine blog.

With warmest personal regards,

Rico

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